Chapter 1163: Spirit Realm Gift!

Thrown in... to soak?

Such a straightforward method indeed caused an impact on All Baimu.

In his view, led by a medium, taking the power of the Spirit Realm and pouring it into a Pokémon's body should involve some magical means, right?

Just like the string of bells Phoebe used before, the spirit hat he wore on his head, etc.

Not using any "ritual tools," just throwing it in?

Phoebe explained, "Grandma once said the Spirit Realm has a will; the 'gatekeeper' Pokémon proves this point."

"Although named by mediums, their duties stem from the special ecological environment of the Spirit Realm, maintaining the boundary between life and death; they guard both the gate of death and the gate of life."

In other words, evil spirits can't get out, and humans can't get in.

This reminded All Baimu of the Cofagrigus that disguised itself as a bathtub in the Mauville Hotel.

Once upon a time, the green All Baimu first entered the Spirit Realm and was scared to death by a Froslass wearing a ghost's skin.

If not for the Cofagrigus suddenly taking action, All Baimu might have...

Instantly released all his Pokémon and blasted the Froslass into slag!

After all, his strength at that time was already close to the Elite Four, but he was relatively honest and listened too much to the simulator, which allowed the Froslass to escape.

What a nostalgic time.

All Baimu touched the super-strong flashlight in his pocket and suddenly wanted to use it on the open space ahead.

Considering the unknown state of the Shiny Gengar, he held back.

Time passed second by second.

While he and Phoebe were waiting silently, the two elders weren't idle either, taking out sickles and baskets from somewhere and starting to cut the "weeds" on the ground.

"These plants growing in the Spirit Realm can be ground into powder and used to make incense, which helps increase the probability of spirit communication."

Phoebe whispered.

Making incense?

Hearing this, All Baimu couldn't sit still.

Ever since he got the Aroma Lady's incense notes, he would make incense whenever he had time, some for himself, some for friends and family.

To this day, his incense-making level could be called entering the room.

He was also full of enthusiasm for original incense.

Pity, the materials on the market had long been thoroughly understood by the Aroma Lady; many combinations he thought were good were either mediocre or completely useless.

At that time, he realized that if he didn't discover new materials, it would be very difficult to create good original incense.

Didn't expect that he would find it without looking for it!

Good, good, good!

The Spirit Realm is truly a treasure land!

All Baimu's heart was sunny, and he excitedly leaned forward to ask the two elders about the plant varieties in the Spirit Realm, their specific effects, etc.

"Xiao Bai, what are you doing?"

Hoopa didn't understand his excitement.

It grabbed a blade of grass and put it in its mouth, then spat it out, dejectedly, "Stinky!"

Hoopa, like a child, pouted, and just as it was about to express itself, its mouth was blocked by a sweet donut.

This thing was originally intended to be given after it left, but using it to block its mouth now was also appropriate.

"Umm-umm-umm~"

Hoopa indeed stopped complaining and ate it happily.

Phoebe's gaze fell on Spectrier.

As an Elite Four of Ghost-type and a senior medium, how could she ignore this Pokémon full of ghost aura and beautiful to the point of being breathtaking?

What fascinated her even more was that the purple mist drifting around Spectrier wasn't the aura of death, but the soft purple mist as quiet and pleasant as the night.

Like the smoothest silk, brushing across her heart.

What a beautiful Pokémon!

Phoebe couldn't help but want to interact with Spectrier, "Hello~"

"..."

Spectrier "looked" at her and walked to the side with no interest.

Phoebe's soul color definitely couldn't be called ordinary, but compared to All Baimu, it was far inferior.

How could the proud Spectrier, who hadn't even fully forgiven Calyrex, be close to her?

Phoebe, who was rejected, was like being struck by lightning and slumped to All Baimu's side.

"All Baimu~ You can actually capture a Pokémon like Spectrier, so amazing, I'm so envious!"

"Envy is useless; this horse is relatively bizarre, you can't handle it."

All Baimu said without raising his head while pulling grass frantically.

Phoebe was confused, "Bizarre?"

"Right."

He nodded seriously.

In the past, he was the one tasting the beauty of Pokémon; getting Spectrier was the first time he was tasted by a Pokémon.

That feeling was really mixed.

After a while.

All Baimu picked enough Spirit Realm plants he wanted and stood up, looking at the calm Spirit Realm pulse.

"Not done yet?"

Since Shiny Gengar was thrown into the overflowing black energy, almost half an hour had passed, and the lack of response made him have some worries.

Phoebe smiled, "It's okay, staying long proves the Spirit Realm is willing to accept it, and the power of the Spirit Realm pulse is fusing into its body. Conversely—"

Boom!

Before the words fell, a gray cannonball flew out of the black energy, spinning seven and a half times in the air.

"Gen~gar!"

Gengar landed nimbly, chest out and head high, claws raised, landing steadily like a proud gymnast.

Everyone and every Pokémon on the scene couldn't help but applaud it.

Clap clap clap!

"Wonderful!"

"Great!"

It was just that compared to everyone's enthusiasm, Gengar appeared a bit confused.

It looked back at the black energy gushing out continuously and floated back to the Trainer's side with a confused posture.

"How do you feel?"

All Baimu asked, lowering his head.

Gengar pondered, "Gen... gar?"

To be honest, it was also a bit confused about the situation.

The Poryphone said directly, "Just go back into the Poké Ball and see!"

Whether there is a buff or not, one look will know!

Gengar shook the Poké Ball violently, flew out of it with a "bang," and was a bit unhappy when it heard the Poryphone's words.

"Gengar?"

Clearly there was no middleman to earn the difference, how come it was still not as good as Dragapult?

It could only mean one thing.

The "middleman" not only didn't earn the difference, but also paid money!

The fact before its eyes made Gengar helpless; this opportunity was something it had rolled on the ground to get, and it wouldn't help even if it made trouble again.

Sigh.

Life is really unequal.

Gengar's figure appeared a bit desolate.

All Baimu touched its head with heartache, "Alright, alright, one level is love, one level is also love, it's better than nothing, right?"

"... Gengar!"

Gengar nodded, adjusted its mood, and revealed a relieved smile, "Mao Jie hee hee hee~"

This matter ended.

Everyone prepared to return home.

All Baimu just took two steps when he suddenly remembered he had a Ghost-type Pokémon at home, tilted his head to look at his shoulder, only to find it was empty.

"Huh?"

He widened his eyes and looked around, only to find Galarian Corsola rolling toward the Spirit Realm pulse.

This guy, so active for the first time, really makes people feel gratified...

No!

It was the Spirit Realm pulse sucking it! It wasn't active!

All Baimu soon realized this point, just because the red eyes of the Corsola revealed a message:

【What the hell are you looking at? Save me quickly! I can't brake!】

"Blissey!"

"I'm coming!"

Blissey understood the Trainer's meaning earliest, but its speed wasn't as fast as Calyrex, and powerful spiritual power bound the Corsola.

Phoebe's grandmother spoke, "Wait! Let it go in!"

"What do you mean?"

Calyrex tilted its head.

Phoebe's grandmother said seriously, "The Spirit Realm has its own consciousness; it actively taking Corsola proves it intends to let Corsola become the new 'gatekeeper'!"

"This won't do, it hasn't received the responsibility of that duty." All Baimu refused decisively.

The gatekeeper's responsibility was too heavy; with Corsola's personality, it would probably let out as many evil spirits as came, not watching the gate at all.

Phoebe's grandmother said, "It's okay, even if it becomes a gatekeeper, it doesn't mean it immediately has a gate to guard; Spirit Realm entrances are mostly cracks leading to reality, and this kind of place actually isn't much..."

In short, as long as All Baimu didn't actively look for Spirit Realm entrances and throw Corsola in again, it could always eat empty pay!

Just taking the salary and not working!

Hearing this, he changed his mind immediately, "That's great."

Calyrex also released the binding, letting the desperate Corsola be sucked into the Spirit Realm pulse.

"Sang~~~"

The resentful tremor sounded like some kind of curse, echoing in the dilapidated shrine.

Poryphone whispered, "It says it hates you for a lifetime."

"... I'm also doing it for its own good."

All Baimu opened his eyes and told lies, but strictly speaking, there was nothing wrong.

The improved energy level belonged to Corsola itself.

Did it not want to "I don't eat beef"?

It was clearly wanting it too much!

Everyone waited in place again, but not long after, the two elders were too sleepy and were sent back by Hoopa first.

Calyrex and other Pokémon who came from Mt. Silver to support also returned.

"Zhi zhi!"

Munkidori held the Pecha Berry, signaling All Baimu to return early; it had a premonition that the boss would wake up soon.

All Baimu promised fully and hugged Ogerpon again.

"Wait for me for a few more days!"

He still had to go to Johto to fight Elite Four Koga; this was a battle scheduled in advance and couldn't be broken at will.

"Bonieo~"

Ogerpon's smile was bright.

For it, it had waited for hundreds of years, how could it be short of these few days?

Miraidon bit the sandwich Gengar took out, happily drilling into the ring.

Everything is OK with a sandwich.

Jigglypuff indicated that after All Baimu returned, it would sing a song for him.

Recently, it learned a very nice song from Exploud and the others; well, it felt it was very nice.

All Baimu said he was very looking forward to it, but actually started considering upgrading the earplugs he bought before.

—Jigglypuff's singing can really kill!

Finally, Hoopa also left; it originally wanted to stay until the end to send the two out, but All Baimu saw it was sleepy and coaxed it away.

Anyway, there was a Spirit Realm gate.

When sending Hoopa back, All Baimu apologized to Baraz and Meray.

Always troubling people in the middle of the night, it was embarrassing to do it too many times.

"It's nothing, urgency is power."

Baraz was very generous.

Although his grandfather and he didn't advocate relying on Hoopa's power, All Baimu's requests for Hoopa were often great crises that ordinary people couldn't solve.

He naturally couldn't have any opinions.

Meray took a photo with Phoebe and said to All Baimu, "We will return to Orre in the second half of the year, don't tear down our house!"

"Rest assured, there will be a place for you on Mt. Silver."

How could All Baimu drive away his friends.

When everything settled, he and Phoebe continued to guard and wait for Corsola, chatting while taking things out of Gengar's stomach to eat.

This wait lasted nearly two hours.

When the Poryphone prompted that it was almost dawn outside, Corsola was spat out by the Spirit Realm pulse.

"Happy~"

Blissey caught it at the first opportunity and then took it back with a Poké Ball.

The obvious improvement range was greater than Gengar's, reaching level 78, which looked down on Gengar.

That is to say, it leveled up five levels!

"The improvement range of a gatekeeper is so big?" All Baimu was very surprised.

He didn't feel that Sableye, Cofagrigus, etc., were very strong. At most, Banette was a bit powerful.

But that situation was relatively special.

People had lived for at least decades, leading to "mutation" caused by long-term blockage of the Spirit Realm entrance.

Gengar was very sour; to express its inner emotions, it specifically stuffed a lemon into its mouth, making its big mouth wrinkle like a chrysanthemum.

"Gengar..."

"Sang..."

Corsola had no reaction.

It had a very low demand for power, as long as it could control Hydreigon not to bite itself often.

This reminded All Baimu of what Phoebe's grandmother said before—

Those who seek are not obtained, those with fate come on their own.

Really realistic.

All Baimu patted Gengar's head, everything was silent.

Gengar was dejected, but seeing the Trainer comforting itself so frequently, its mood improved a lot.

Phoebe said, "It seems your Corsola is really suitable to be a gatekeeper."

The more suitable, the more power given.

The two finally set off, walking toward the Spirit Realm gate at the bottom.

Because the spirit hat fell off at some point, they had to beat up a few blind evil spirits on the way back.

Among them, Gengar's hand was slightly heavy.

Clearly, it vented its inner depression on them.

Phoebe sighed, "These evil spirits are actually poor people, trapped in this world without seeing the sun because of their obsession."

The two finally set off, walking toward the Spirit Realm gate on the lowest level.

Because the Spirit Hat had fallen off at some point, they had to beat up a few blind evil spirits on their way back.

Among them, Gengar was slightly more ruthless.

It was clearly venting all its inner frustration on them.

Acerola sighed, "These evil spirits are actually pitiful people, too; trapped in this sunless world because their obsessions prevent them from moving on."

The Spirit Realm serves as a transit station toward the next life. After souls arrive here, they gradually fade away, becoming part of the world, and slowly merge with new life as it develops.

Evil spirits remain entrenched in the Spirit Realm, where only eternal suffering awaits them.

All Baimu was noncommittal.

He wondered to himself if he would ever become an evil spirit in the future. He felt that if he died, his obsessions would likely be quite deep.

They arrived at the Spirit Realm gate.

Sableye saw Acerola again and widened its eyes, "Yamii???"

When did you get in?

Could it be that the one who went out wasn't Acerola!?

Sableye was scared to death, thinking it had been tricked by an evil spirit disguised as Acerola.

After Acerola explained with a smile, it finally relaxed.

"Yamii..."

It's good that the one who went out wasn't an evil spirit.

If that were the case, it really wouldn't know how to answer for it.

But how did you get in? Sableye widened its eyes, pressing Acerola for the method she used to enter.

If it didn't figure this out, how could it feel at ease guarding this gate in the future?

Wouldn't that mean Acerola could come and go as she pleased?

"I won't tell you!"

Acerola stuck her tongue out at it and walked out of the gate with a giggle, "I'll come again, you'd better be ready~"

"..."

Sableye was truly sick of this girl.